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PLATTSMOUTH SEMI-WEEKLY JOintNAL
THURSDAY, MAECH 25, 1020.
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GREENWOOD
BANK IS HIT
BY ROBBERS
BRINGS BACK
MEMORIES OF
OTHER DAYS
It's no use
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unless .you
YEGGS BLOW TIME LOCK. OF
VAULX OF FLRST NATIONAL
BANK FALL TO GET IN SAFE
THE "RED" CAUT OF P. V. F. D.
LIKE THE HEROINE OF THE
PLAY HAS A PAST
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WHAT WOULD BF THE USE TO PLANT A FIELD OR A
GARDEN AND THEN DESTROY II?
WHAVS THE USE OF MAKING MONEY, THEN WASTING IT?
IF YOU HAVE A LEAK IN YOUR PAIL OR TUB OR BARREL OR
PLUMBING. YOU STOP IT. WHEN YOU CARRY YOUR MONEY
AROUND IN YOUR POCKET AND WASTE IT, IT'S A LEAK IN
YOUR FUTURE STOP IT. 1
PUT YOUR MONEY IN OUR BANK.
YOU WILL RECEIVE H INTEREST ON TIME CERTIFICATES,
AND Z'Afi ON SAVINGS ACCOUNT.
BRING IN YOUR 2ND AND 3RD ISSUE OF LIBERTY BONDS
AND WE'LL SEND THEM IN AND HAVE THEM CONVERTED FOR
YOU.
Farmers State Bank
m.MTTSMOIiTH. NEBRASKA
JACOB P, FALTER
WITHDRAWS NAME1
DEATH OF LITTLE BABE
Decides That Race for Nomination
Would Entail Too Great a Sacri
fice of Frivate Business.
Fiorr. Wednesday' ItaSy.
The name of Jacob I. Falter will
not appear on the primary ballot
as a candidate for the office of coun
ty commissioner from the first dis
trict as Mr. Falter yesterday filed
with County Clerk George R. Sayles
his withdrawal from the contest.
The fact that other entries would
mke a double campaign necessary
and a sacrifice of h.is private busi
ness interests was the deciding fac
tor in determining the withdrawal.
This now leaves C. F. Vallery as the
only democratic candidate and M. G.
Stava and A. A. Wetenkamp as the
republican candidates at the primary.
The infant of Mr. and Mrs. Philip
Kehne, which lived but a few hours
following its birth was buried yes
terday afternoon. Iiev. H. G. Mc
Clusky conducting the services. In
the loss of the little one who has
been with the parents but a short
time the members of the family will
have the' deepest syjnpathy of the
host of friends.
TOR SALE OR RENT.
Four room cottage and four lots
Telephone 96-J. 2w-d&w.
FOR SALE
Ono young Red Pole cow with
calf at side, and 2 one-year-old heif
ers. Phone 3rC-J. Math Sulser.
2d-lw.
EGGS! EGGS. EGGS!
USED TOURING CARS FOR SALE.
Have one each used touring cars.
Dodge and Ford. See me at once for
price on these.
dawtf) JOHN GORDER.
Single Comb Rhode Island - Red
pggs for hatching. Chicago Nation
al. Coliseum, St. Louis and Kansas
City prize winning strain. Eggs,
$2.00, $2.30 and $3.00 per setting
of 15. Write or phone.
A. P.. RUTLEDGE,
m22-2sw, Nehawka, Neb.
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BONDS WORTH MUCH TAKEN
No Trace Found of Burglars and
Condition of Bank Not Discovered
Until Tuesday Morning
From Wednesdays Dally
The vault of the First National
bank of Greenwood was blown at
3:20 Tuesday morning. An at
tempt to blow the safe inside the
vault was unsuccessful. The rob
bers got about $150 of bank money,
taken from- an open till outside the
safe; something less than $4,000
worth of coupon bonds that may be
negotiated, and between fifty and
seventy-five thousand dollars of reg
istered bonds, that eventually will
be replaced to the owners.
Residents of Greenwood saw no
strangers about .the town Monday or
Monday night. There was not a clue
found to indicate that the robbers
arrived in the town after night in
an automobile, here they came
from, how they came, or how they
got away nobody knows. Of one
thing, however, the telephone ex
change - manager is certain. They
were expert electricians, even though
they did waste the time trying to
blow a safe that expert burglars
would have passed up. They cut
every wire, long distance and local
leads, reaching into the telephone
exchange.
There was some evidence that the
wires were cut in the early morning.
Farmers nearby complained Tuesday
morning they had tried to reach
central about 10:30 and could get no
response. Mrs. Sexton, the night
telephone operator heard no one and
did not know when the wires were
cut. Although to cut the . long dis-
ane'e wires they climbed the pole
directly in front of the telephone of
fice. . '
V. C. Jones, a lineman working
for an electric installing company.
occupied a cot in the basement di
rectly under the vault. He heard
no explosions,, heard no one walking
about upstairs, and knew nothing
about the bank robbery until told
Tuesday morning. He did think his
bull dog that sleeps in the - bank
made a noise during the night and
when that noise awakened him he
looked at his watch. It was then 3
o'clock. The clock on . the bank of
fice wall, evidently stopped by the
explosion, showed that it quit run
ning at 3:20 a. m. If the wires
were cut at 10:30 several hours
elapsed before at least part of the
ob was done.
Jo one knew of this burglary un
til the bank was opened about 7:45
m. The pile of papers from the
safety deposit boxes, among which
were thousands of dollars worth, of
liberty bonds and war savings
stamps, were piled in a high heap
on the floor. All day long bank of
ficials worked over this pile salvag
ing what they could find in the rub
bish. The vault door was evidently
blown with the first charge. Nitro
glycerine was used. The charge
was sufficiently heavy to blow the
door knob across the room. Then
three separate attempts were made
to force enough "soup" into the cre
vices around the safe door to blow
It open. The charges were inef
fective, although they left. their scars
on- a bran ' new safe. An old safe
that would have been. easy work for
them was replaced by a new burglar
the 'Cordicia' sports proof safe about one month ago.
j I Failing in the effort to blow the
coat and is a mar- - vu J
saic iuc luuucis iuiucu lucn audi
tion to the safety deposit boxes.
What they got there in the aggre
gate will never be known. They
pried these boxes open with a small
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easily found bonds and securitfes.
I If they had not failed to open the
j safe, a rich reward would have been
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stored in the saf. The charges of
explosives had so forced the lock that
the lower part of" the safe could not
be opened and an expert was sent
for to open the door.
Cashier P. L. Hall, Jr., said that
because of this fact an accurate
check had not been made, and the
bank had no way of knowing what
people kept in their boxes, he could
not estimate the loss accurately. He
thought between' 150,000 and $75,
000 worth of registered bonds were
missing and some coupon bonds that
might be. negotiated, but how many
to make the "Cordica" coat in one
half ; hour only one seam to sew
and very little material required.
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he did not knov. . The bank's loss
he said, was very slight, being con
fined to the loose cash found and
taken.
The bank's bulldog, a big burly
animal that does not ordinarily make
friends with strangers, acted strange
ly Tuesday morning. Cashier Hall
thought he had been chloroformed
State Agent Hyers thought more
likely that the dog had bem con
trolled by someone who was friendly
with him and had learned how to
gain the dog's ;;ood will. The dog
sleeps on a sofa near where the rob
bers entered through a window. Mr
Hall thought the dog had been chlor
oformed when he went to the win
dow as it was being opened. Mr,
Hyers did not entirely agree with
the theory.
The robbers entered through a
winddw in the rear of the bank, forc
ing it with a crowbar. Before en
tering the bank they had forced the
door of a section tool house nea" by.
belonging to the Burlington railroad
and had taken a crowbar ana a
sledge hammer with them. These
tools were found near, the bank Tues
day morning. The window was eas
ily forced.
The night teelphone operator, Mrs.
Sexton, could not remember that she
had any telephone calls after 10:oG
p. m. The wind was blowing a gaie
and she heard no' one. She scarce-
y looked out of the' window during
he night, she .aid.
The night agent at the Burlington
depot, half a block away, heard a
noise shortly after midnight, but he
thought it was an approaching
thunder storm and gave little heed
to it.
Early In the morning it was
thought that one hand car was mis
sing from the section house, but the
section men said it .was in the usual
place.
V. C. Jones, an electric lineman,
went to his room under the bank at
10:30 at night, and saw and beare
no one. Bob Burks went by the
bank at 9:30 and heard tho bulldog
barking, but that did not arousa his
suspicions as he had often heard
the dotf barking after night. ,
State Agent Hyers was on the Job
early In the forenoon with ti force of
men. Some finger prints Were se
cured. Secretary Hughes of the Ne
braska Bankers association arrived
during the al'ternoon. Every ciue
and every bit of evidence was gone
over and considered. . If the officers
reached any conclusions they did not
voice them. Certain it is that the
bank officers and the people of
Greenwood are at sea over who did
the job. They had not the slightest
suspicion to voice.
The night was ideal for a burglary
and Greenwood people were speculat
ing 'on wby the robbers did not
tackle the other bank, after failing
to get through the money safe in ti e
First National.
"We urged our customers by let
ter sometime ago to put their nego
tiable securities in our burglar-proof
safe", said Cashier Hall and raaiy of
them took the warning. That sn ved
a lot of money for some of our cus
tomers. Chief Johnstone of the Lincoln po
lice department sent a man to Green
wood during the afternoon to make
finger- prints. Sheriff Quinton of
Plattsmouth reached Greenwood dur
ing the afternoon. ' '
Sheriff Quinton was notified of the
robbery, but by . that time the rob
bers had hat many hours start and
it was difficult to discover any trace
that might be used in following up
the course taken by the bandits, but
it is thought, they had made their
way Into Omaha on 4lhe commission
of the crime. '
WON A WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP
Was Taken to New Orleans in 1880
and Took Part in Race That Wen
a Championship for Nebraska.
From Wednesday s Dally.
The old red hose cart of the fire
department was standing on Fifth
street yesterday while the street
commissioners force was engaged in
washing ofT the paving and the sight
of the old cart brought back to Post
master D. C. Morgan, a recollection
of days long gone by, when this cart
as well as himself had been factors
in the activities the Plattsmouth
fire department. Mr. Morgan was
in a reminiscent mood and lighting
up the old pipe proceeded to give a
little history of the cart that had
been a participant in some of the
stirring events that were held in the
Nebraska fire association and also
in the national meets. This cart was
originally the property of the city
of Omaha and was used by the
Thurston running- team of the Oma
ha department, which had been
named in honor of John M. Thurs
ton. It was this organization which
in 1880 took the cart to the nation
al meet at New Orleans, where it
and the team were able to carry off
the world record for fast work in
getting' into- action. In 1885 the
cart was secured from Omaha for the
Plattsmouth fire department and was
christened the Neville cart in honor
of Hon. William Neville, then one
of the residents of the city and an
enthusiastic booster for the fire de
partment. Now, at this time the
Plattsmouth department was very
much a live organization with a
arge membershop of the young men
of the community and other teams
n the city were the "Widewakes, the
fourth ward cart, the second ward
cart, known as the White cart in
honor of Hon. F. E. White, and the
third ward cart for Mayor F. M.
Richey. The membership of the
running team of the Neville cart
were picked from the most fleet foot
ed members of the" fire department
and in July 1SS7 they took the cart
o Kearney to enter the state tour
nament aiid came near winning the
."00 yard dash had it not been for
ess of time caused by the couplers.
The team was composed of Frank
Kane, spike lead; James Patterson
and "Whitey" Miller, first Whipple
ree; Steven Buzzell and D. C. Mor
gan, second wnippie tree anu faigei
Green and Lem Skinner as couplers.
Others on the- team were John Val-
ery now of Denver and Clifford
Shepherd. The team made the S00 ,
A tractor that will fit your
farm the Fordson
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YOU can make your farm produce more at less
cost and with less effort ,on your part by
using the Fordson tractor. Not only will it help
you prepare your land and cultivate the crops, but it -furnishes
power for many other farm jobs.
The Fordson tractor is the result of long study of
farming conditions and it has proved a success. Burns
kerosene easy to operate and care for practically
trouble-proof.
There's an Oliver No. 7 Plow
for your Fordson
Just as the Fordson tractor gives ideal power, the
Oliver plow means ideal plowing. It is scientifically
designed for tractor service and is backed by a half
century of experience in making plows. It buries all
trash and weeds at the bottom of the furrow
maintains an even depth of furrow and is controlled .
from the tractor seat.
' Come in and let us show you this remarkable farm
team.
T. C-3. Pollock Sarage,
Telephone No. 1 Plattsmouth, Neb
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( yards in 36 seconds, but as stated
above they lost the first honors. of
' the meet.
) The cart participated in many a
meet after this and surely is a grand
old veteran of the fire fighting game.
DOINGS IN THE
DISTRICT COURT
Case of William J .Quinn, et al vs.
diaries H. Quinn is on Trial Today
Involving Validity of Will
Prom Wednesday's Ually.
This morning in the district court
the case of William J. Quinn, et al
vs Charles H. Quinn, was brought
to trial before Judge Begley and the
case has attracted a great deal of at
tention from Elmwood, where the
parties in the case reside. This suit
is to have set aside a certain deed
and conveyance made by Mrs. E4la
Quinn, mother of the plaintiff and
defendant and in which she deeded
the farm to Charles II. Quinn to the
exclusion cf the other children. Pri
or to the time of her death the de
fendant resided at the home-with the
mother who was in poor health and
it is the contention of the plaintiff
'hat her health wassuch that she
was not competent to make a deed.
Hon. Jesse L. Root of Omaha and W.
A. Robertson of this city are appear
ing for the defense while Attorney
A. L. Tidd of this city and William
Deles Dernier of Elmwood represent
the plaintiffs in the action. The
case has attracted a large number of
witnesses.
FOR SALE
Four past yearling registered
Shorthorn bulls for sale. Telephone
3521, Plattsmouth. ,
daw) ELBERT WILES.
For -Sale!
Dodge 1918 Touring $750.00
Buick 1917 Touring $650.00
Ford 1920 Touring SG50.00
and Several Other Good
1916, 1917 and 1918 Fords
New and used cars sold on
payment plan one third
down, balance in 12 or less
equal monthly payments.
T. H. POLLOCK GARAGE
Phone Ho. 1 Plattsmouth
Can't look well, eat well or feel
well with" impure blood. Keep the
blood "pure with Burdock Blood Bit
ters. v Eat simply, take exercise, keep
clean,1 and good health is pretty
sure to follow. $1.25 a bottle.
Journal , want ads pay.
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THE UNIVEDSAL CAR
The Ford Sedan is the favorite family car, seats five comfortably. While an
enclosed car with permanent top, it has large windows, and may in a minute be
changed to a most delightful open car with always a top protecting against the
sun. In inclement weather it is a closed car, dust-proof, water-proof, cold -proof.
Finely upholstered. Equipped with electric starting and lighting system and
demountable rims with 3-inch tires all around. A real family car. Anybody can
safely drive it. It has all the conveniences of an electric car with the economy
which goes with Ford cars, low cost of purchase price, small cost of operation .
and maintenance. Won't you come in and look at it?
T. E3. Pollock Garago
.Phone No. 1 Plattsmouth, Neb.
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